The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III - Andrew Roberts Audiobook
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Length: 36h 02m
The last king of America, George III, has been ridiculed as a complete disaster who frittered away the colonies and went mad in his old age. The truth is much more nuanced and fascinating — and will completely change the way listeners and historians view his reign and legacy.
Most Americans dismiss George III as a buffoon — a heartless and terrible monarch with few, if any, redeeming qualities.
The best-known modern interpretation of him is Jonathan Groff’s preening, spitting, and pompous take in ‘Hamilton’, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway masterpiece.
But this deeply unflattering characterization is rooted in the prejudiced and brilliantly persuasive opinions of 18th-century revolutionaries like Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson, who needed to make the king appear evil in order to achieve their own political aims.
After combing through hundreds of thousands of pages of never-before-published correspondence, award-winning historian Andrew Roberts has uncovered the truth: George III was in fact a wise, humane, and even enlightened monarch who was beset by talented enemies, debilitating mental illness, incompetent ministers, and disastrous luck.
In ‘The Last King of America’, Roberts paints a deft and nuanced portrait of the much-maligned monarch and outlines his accomplishments, which have been almost universally forgotten.
245 years after the end of George III’s American rule, it is time for Americans to look back on their last king with greater understanding: to see him as he was and to come to terms with the last time they were ruled by a monarch.
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| 01 Opening credits.mp3 222.04 KBs | |
| 02 Epigraph.mp3 448.91 KBs | |
| 03 Acknowledgements.mp3 3.16 MBs | |
| 04 Author’s note.mp3 648.41 KBs | |
| 05 Introduction.mp3 4.74 MBs | |
| 06 Chapter 01 Prince of Wales, Jun 1738-May 1756.mp3 41.63 MBs | |
| 07 Chapter 02 Seizing an Empire, May 1756-Oct 1760.mp3 30.36 MBs | |
| 08 Chapter 03 ‘I Glory in the Name of Briton’ Oct 1760-Jan 1762.mp3 34.37 MBs | |
| 09 Chapter 04 Victory, Jan 1762-Feb 1763.mp3 37.86 MBs | |
| 10 Chapter 05 The Problems of Peace, Feb to Oct 1763.mp3 36.74 MBs | |
| 11 Chapter 06 Sugar, Stamps, and Silk, Nov 1763-May 1765.mp3 36.41 MBs | |
| 12 Chapter 07 Rockingham Repeals the Stamp Act, May 1765-Dec 1766.mp3 33.66 MBs | |
| 13 Chapter 08 ‘The Apple of Discord’, Jan 1767-Jun 1769.mp3 36.44 MBs | |
| 14 Chapter 09 ‘That Factious and Disobedient Temper’ Jun 1769-Apr 1772.mp3 33.1 MBs | |
| 15 Chapter 10 The Boston Tea Party, Jun 1772-Jul 1774.mp3 34.02 MBs | |
| 16 Chapter 11 ‘Blows Must Decide’, Aug 1774-Apr 1775.mp3 28.42 MBs | |
| 17 Chapter 12 ‘The Battle of the Legislature’, Apr to Nov 1775.mp3 32.45 MBs | |
| 18 Chapter 13 The Declaration of Independence, Nov 1775-Jul 1776.mp3 37.72 MBs | |
| 19 Chapter 14 The Road to Saratoga, Jul 1776-Dec 1777.mp3 31.93 MBs | |
| 20 Chapter 15 Global War, Dec 1777-Jun 1778.mp3 31.24 MBs | |
| 21 Chapter 16 ‘If Others will not be Active, I must Drive’ Jun 1778-Mar 1780.mp3 37.89 MBs | |
| 22 Chapter 17 Disaster at Yorktown, Mar 1780-Oct 1781.mp3 31.22 MBs | |
| 23 Chapter 18 ‘The Torrent Is Too Strong’, Oct 1781-Jul 1782.mp3 36.78 MBs | |
| 24 Chapter 19 ‘America Is Lost!’, Jul 1782-Jul 1783.mp3 39.55 MBs | |
| 25 Chapter 20 ‘On the Edge of a Precipice’, Aug 1783-May 1784.mp3 28.06 MBs | |
| 26 Chapter 21 Alliance with Pitt, May 1784-Oct 1788.mp3 44.51 MBs | |
| 27 Chapter 22 The King’s Malady, Oct 1788-Feb 1789.mp3 36.79 MBs | |
| 28 Chapter 23 Recovery, Revolution, and War, Feb 1789-May 1794.mp3 33.22 MBs | |
| 29 Chapter 24 The Whale and the Wolf, May 1794-Dec 1798.mp3 40.54 MBs | |
| 30 Chapter 25 ‘The Corsican Tyrant’, Jan 1799-Feb 1801.mp3 24.89 MBs | |
| 31 Chapter 26 ‘A Fearful Experiment’, Feb 1801-Sep 1804.mp3 36.24 MBs | |
| 32 Chapter 27 Tory Spring, Oct 1804-Oct 1809.mp3 28.31 MBs | |
| 33 Chapter 28 King Lear Redux, Oct 1809-Jan 1820.mp3 17.55 MBs | |
| 34 Conclusion The Nobility of George III.mp3 31.26 MBs | |
| 35 End credits.mp3 348.04 KBs | |
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This post has 4 comments
November 23rd, 2021
Thnx!!
November 23rd, 2021
Based upon how fawning the average American Colonial Citizen was toward King George, it is a well-rounded appraisal here as to why that was.
Thank you for the upload.
November 24th, 2021
Inaccurate title. We have one now. He seems to think he is, anyway. I suspect that the solution is about the same as it was the last time.
March 4th, 2022
This review brought me here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4584934906. Thanks
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